The third round of the BMW Championship has come to a close and Robert MacIntyre is in great position to claim a victory.

Ahead of the St. Jude Championship, Rory McIlroy made headlines when he decided to withdraw from the event. His status already cemented for the BMW Championship, McIlroy opted to take the weekend off to rest up for the penultimate FedEx Cup Playoff event at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings

The Scot carded three birdies and a bogey to increase his 54-hole score to 16-under and take a four-stroke lead over Scheffler. The Ridgewood, New Jersey, native, meanwhile, carded four birdies and a bogey during moving day.

Maryland native Denny McCarthy used a rowdy crowd at the BMW Championship to propel him to a 1-under 69 on a humid day at Caves Valley.

This event tends to get to a variety of venues throughout Chicago historically as well as heading both west (Castle Pines in 2024) and east (Baltimore area this year) in recent years. Xander Schauffele enters the BMW Championship at 43rd in the FedEx Cup standings,